[Brekkie]

I believe that the major reason why Finland won the televote (and SF1) because there were too many fangirls that think Käärija is hot. I'm extremely annoyed that we had another year of (almost) maxing out the televote points.

Believe it or not, not everyone treats the ESC like Love Island.

Personally, I think Loreen, whilst amazing, didn’t deserve the win. The song was quite flat and the staging, whilst it looked cool, was basic. It just gives the vibe that she won because of Loreen.

Cha Cha Cha had character. It wasn’t just the arena - saw many friends at watch parties where they all got into it. It’s a much more engaging song than Tattoo.

Exactly - it had a hook that worked in any language and sounded great, though I question how much of that was the audience singing along and how much was on the pre-recorded backing vocals.    For me it would have been the deserved winner.    And for all the attention a "hot" contestant may get it's rarely a factor in who wins the thing.


As for Mae Muller - was a respectable effort but I thought the staging on the night felt dated and the vocal was weak.   And although the song has grown on me in recent weeks I wasn't a fan when I first heard it - and for most of the viewers it'll have been their first hearing of it last night.    Really nothing to worry about though as long as the BBC push on next year - it's been quite common in recent years for the previous winners to be bottom right on the scoreboard.


As for the hosts - can't really fault any of them.   I wasn't as big a fan of Hannah as others in the semi final but thought she came into her own in the final and worked really well with Graham too.   Indeed it felts like the voting process all ran pretty smoothly and quickly.    Mel was pretty decent on commentary too, though Graham coming in on a Saturday shows he's in a different class to Rylan and Scott.

What I hate though is the commentators repeatedly talking over the hosts - it comes across very arrogant to always do it when they speak another language (they at least didn't talk over the Ukrainian last night!) and as always over zealous when it comes to voting terms and conditions and speaking over the hosts saying pretty much the same thing with the commentator basically taking three minutes to say "you can't vote by text".    That said I do think the overall production do need to put a few seconds into the running order around the voting packages to allow the local commentators to say what they need to say without either talking over the hosts or the recap.